Our Living Classrooms
Nishnajida (Ojibwe for Camp Where the Old Way Returns is where the Wilderness Guide Program takes place. For a full 11 months, participants live in this Northern Forest camp situated on an eighty acre preserve adjacent to the Headwaters Wilderness in the Nicolet National Forest. The area is a roadless expanse of pine and maple forests, bogs and streams, which are home to bear, wolf, otter, eagle and so many of our other relations. There, under tall pines near the shores of a quiet lake are three small camps of bark and thatch lodges. Nishnajida offers a complete immersion experience where seekers learn as they live the Old Way. See photo gallery.
Mashkodens (Ojibwe for Little Prairie) is the site of the Wild Moon Immersion. Another recreation of a traditional Northern Forest camp, Mashkodens is adjacent to the Nicolet National Forest and overlooks a pungent sweet fern-blueberry meadow. The camp has shelters for all seasons: two subterranean lodges, a sod lodge, and two thatch and bark wigwams. An arbor and a lean-to shelter the hearths where seekers gather for cooking, eating, crafting, and sharing dreams and stories. Areas are set up for hide tanning, flint napping, and other crafts. See photo gallery.